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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP: I don't know of any educational consultants who provide this service. I can tell you that when we moved from DC to MD, I went to ES open houses for all the schools in the neighborhoods I was considering. Although they follow the same curriculum, schools have different atmospheres & strengths. In my area, one school had a planetarium; one school was the regional Special Education center & had supports & services above & beyond the other schools; one school had a stream nearby where the kids did environmental programming, and so forth. I listened to the principals speak, watched teachers teach, & asked Qs of the parents leading the tour. I gathered lots of info this way, and this drove my choice of neighborhood. I definitely was not in the 'buy the house you love & send your kid to any MCPS school' camp. I would also advise you to strongly consider HS feeder patterns as you make your decision. HTH[/quote]

OP here.  This is such a helpful post and approach.  Thank you.  Follow up-  when you say watches teachers teach- is that part of MD open houses?  Not in DC.

What unfortunate, too, is that we are searching prior to open house season.  Maybe I can pump the breaks and get spun up to satisfy myself better.

If the schools offer tours during the school year, I could also start there.

I see a lot of folks on This forum suggest getting out and meeting and speaking to folks in the flesh to get a more fair perspective than is offered here on DCUM.  Trying to find opportunities to do that, while currently living in Capitol Hill.

I appreciate the feedback all.  [/quote]

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